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It’s high time to defuse the military carbon bomb (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If the global military were a country, it would be the fourth biggest emitter in the world, ahead of Russia.

NATO member states, for example, already spend 17 times as much on the military as Russia.

Adding solar panels to a military base is easy to do, but does nothing to tackle the main challenge, which is fossil fuel consumption by military jets, ships and tanks. For now, there is no alternative, green fuel that can be produced at the scale needed and without triggering unacceptable social and environmental consequences

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[+] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Can you think of a perspective more extreme, more anti-russian than your own?

It's a test of whether your view is an extreme view or a moderate one.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ukraine could alzo stop the war right now by entering peace negotiations and giving up the regions which voted for independence. NATO could also end the war by stopping to send weapons to Ukraine.